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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031897090 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Tone, Alicia" <Alicia.Tone@uhn.on.ca>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:41:36 -0400
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION


The U.K. National Lottery
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.

Customer Service/Claims Department

Ref: Uk/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the first quarter validation draws results
(NY/007-UKNL) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International
Program held on Saturday 12th July 2008. Your E-mail address attached to
ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:03-15-21-22-36-47-27 Which subsequently won you one of the lucky dip
prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 629,
195.00(SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE
BRITISH POUNDS) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £6,291,950.00 (SIX
MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BRITISH
POUNDS) shared among the ten{10} winners in this category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web through a
computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations,
and corporate bodies that are listed online. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European Booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £629, 195.00
(SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE BRITISH
POUNDS) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Please be warned!!!

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent via email:
Mr. SIDWELL JAMES
Claims Department
The UKNL Foundation
Email:clamdesk@live.com
Tel: +447031897090
+447031849321
With the following vital information:
Full Name:..........................
Full Address:.......................
Nationality:........................
Occupation:.......................
Age:....................................
Sex:........................................
Marital status:..........................
Winning numbers:......................
Batch number:.............................
Amount won:.............................
Email address:.................................
Phone number {land/mobile}:.........

So that he can commence the process of your funds remittance.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. Once again congratulations
from the entire staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Warm regards
SIR TONE ALICA.
Online Coordinator for the U.K. National Lottery.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
COPYRIGHT 2008 ALL RIGHT RESERVED



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